Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-12

of the sesson-N Notes.
What would YOU think Of a man who had
fortune willed 10 him ON easy conditions,
and not only Tailed TO accept it, but paid no
attention whatever 10 il? And yet this is
the exact attitude OF the city of Springfield
towards the $50, 900 offered by Mr.. Benz.
H. Warder to the city for the purpose of
building museum and public library build
ing.
very well written article was commu-
nicated to the REPUBLIC last Monday show
ing how undesirable the locating of the
public library in the market house building
would be. The points of objection are well
taken. The location would De anything
but desirable for a public library. There
could not fail TO be many annoyances, both
In the way of noise and of the dense
crowds which congregate in that vicinity.
say on Saturday nights. The building will
be within half stones throw of the rail-
road tracks. where there is continual noise
OF passing trains and engines blowing off
steam. Then it Is a well known fact that
the greatest rush at the public library is on
Saturday evenings, when people take out
books for Sunday reading, and for the en-
suing week. Many persons come down
town only on Saturdays. and then il is that
they take out new books. The pres
ent library room is often packed
with people on Saturday night
All these people would be
greatly disconnected if they had TO force
their way through the crowds which would
surround the market house on Saturday
evenings.
No time should be lost in accepting the
offer of Mr.. Warder. Property in Spring
fieid is rapidly advancing in value. In a
years time the cost of a site for the pro
posed museum building will be very much
greater than now. For $50. 900 a magnifi-
cent building might be erected, which would
be a credit 10 the city. l. il possible that
We have no citizens sufficiently public
spirited to take an interest in this subject
and see this splendid project pushed through
to successful issue? In Cincinnati several
such offers were made 10 the city by wealthy
and public-spirited citizens. and III no case
did they fail of acceptance. They were
taken up without delay. Locations were
eagerly discussed. private owners made gen
erous offers of their property, at reasonable
figures. sites were found. and today Gin
cinnati points To her Tyier-Davidson foun-
tain. her music hall. and her museum with
the greatest pride. II the citizens had been
Indifferent and had not devoted much time
and energy TO hunting sites and promptly
accepting the gifts rendered them. they
would today be- without these features.
The offer of Mr. Warder should have been
accepted a. soon aS made, a site should
have been found within month, and the
museum building would have been under
roof by this time.
Now or never is the time 10 put the
thing through. \ public library building
must he located in the center of population.
In a few years the price Of site centrally
situated will be double what il is now.
People are taking advantage of the Spe-
cial delivery system of the postal service
very rapidly. Ia the statement showing
the operations for tHe Special-deliyery sys-
TEN for the year. affecting Ohio n the follow
ing: Springfield, from other places, l, l02,
local l2l. This is quite large showing
considering what short time the new Sys-
TEN has been in favor
Oh. this advertising. this advertising
As years roll by. Gaze on the following
clipped from Cincinnati paper during the
Booth engagement in that city last week:
BOOTH As HAMLET"
Says lin that matchiesS style of his)
Seems, know not seams. Yet it seems
10 US that if the men of Cincinnati and vi
cinity knew as well as We do-hOw strongly
the seams of our pants are put together.
how nicely they fiji and how fearfully we've
cut the prices. our stores would be crowded
again tomorrow
''Gentlemen. our great sale of pants COM
mences in the morning. a -"
After that Booth must surely feel that he
has not lived in vain.
A commercial tourist from Buffalo sat at
the ST. James dinner table the other day
and told how he had voted for Grover
Cleveland for sheriff. mayor. governor and
president
Il am only fairly well satisfied at Cleve
lands official record" said he. Il don't
contend that he should have made clean
sweep of the Offices. but hold that he
should have appointed men in thorough
sympathy with his administration. 1 do
not consider him man OF brilliant ability.
In his early official life in Buffalo he had
reputation of being very quiet, but a jolly
good fellow. when occasion offered a. well.
If subject was under discussion in which
he was very much Interested. IN a crowd.
he would probably never say a word as 10
his own opinion. but would note well every
thing said by the Others. From my personal
knowledge of the man it would not al all
surprise me if he refused the nomination
for another term Of the presidency"
Poor Tagliaferro. If he escaped execution
his name did not escape being murdered.
His name was spelled with fearful and
wonderful variety by the papers. The last
spelling and the worst was in a special sent
out from Columbus in which his name was
spelled fagliOffevra. II ii is true that the
most painful experience about being exc
cuted is the terrible anticipation before
hand, it is probable that the poor
Italian suffered as much as if his
knife had sunk deep into the
heart of his victim. He became possessed
with the idea while en- route TO the peni-
tedtary that he was 10 be executed imme-
diately upon his arrival there and probably
suffered as much as if he had been really
condemned to die.
The following is the scheme which Spring
ne'd capitalists "vTt Interested III recently.
.'NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 0.-kentucky can
mel coal which has for some time been
shipped 10 England in increasing quanti-
ties has become in such demand there that
an English company with -. 800. 900 capital
has been formed 10 develop the camel coal
deposits in Breckenridge county, Kentucky"
ACANINE LEADING LADY.
One Df the urpffltSf sights 10 bf seen
about town is the Waiting of DR. Morgan's !
trained black-and- tan terrier. She usually !
holds forth at the Arcade restaurant about |
the time of the letting out OF the theaters !
and when the show-goers drop in for their |
evening lunch. and She has attracted great |
notice from many theatrical people. At
the command of her owner, the talented |
little canine raises herself on her hind legs /
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